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The Fly Swatter: Portrait of an Exceptional Character
The Fly Swatter Portrait of an Exceptional Character
Author: Nicholas Dawidoff
In The Fly Swatter, Nicholas Dawidoff--bestselling author of The Catcher Was a Spy--vividly reconstructs the life of his grandfather, Alexander Gerschenkron-the Harvard professor who knew the most. — A fascinating character, Gerschenkron feuded with Vladimir Nabokov and John Kenneth Galbraith, flirted with Marlene Dietrich, and play...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375700064
ISBN-10: 0375700064
Publication Date: 5/13/2003
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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